Up the Tree

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  • As it’s Tuesday and no Podcast is particularly forthcoming, I thought that I should post something to distract you from that fact… although writing about it really doesn’t help. The following shorts should push you through the Tuesday hump.

    !(left photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/thumbafroninja.jpg(afro ninja)!:http://media.ebaumsworld.com/afroninja.mpg Let me first preface this video by saying that in no way should this demonstration in any way be misconstrued that this guy doesn’t have numchuck skills. We just question his backflip skills.

    “Afro Ninja”:http://media.ebaumsworld.com/afroninja.mpg (via “guboogi”:http://www.guboogi.com/main.php?p=623)

    And then…

    !(left photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/thumbapache.jpg(afro ninja)!:http://he.fi/video/apache.mpg This guy is my new hero. From today on I will be growing a big bad ass mustache and hanging out with all the hottie indian chicks I can find. Yeah, and I’m going to find a place to make me some rocking frilly chaps too.

    “Apache”:http://he.fi/video/apache.mpg (via “Stereogum”:http://www.stereogum.com/archives/001389.html)

    Strangely this weeks Vinyl Podcast also features the song “Apache”:http://vinylpodcast.com/archives/53/0410-vinyl-podcast-incredible-bongo-band/ for this weeks song.

    !(left photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/thumbamerica.jpg(America We Stand)!:http://www.americawestandasone.com/video.html Over the weekend, Diane and I entertained our friends from London and during a conversation over a few beers we used the word _gayblade._ We tried over and over to try and describe what gayblade is, until we finally settled on something that is _over the top unintentionally._ This video will further drive home that definition.

    “USA Dude”:http://www.americawestandasone.com/video.html (via “Stereogum”:http://www.stereogum.com/archives/001389.html)

  • !(photo left)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/parispcast.jpg(Paris Hilton Podcast)!:http://houseofwaxmovie.warnerbros.com/podcast.html Because who better to speak for the audio dorks of the world then Paris Hilton? I could say a lot of nasty things about this, but I’m sure the hilarious Paris Hilton House of Wax Podcast will do an adequate job for me when it airs in late April… I can only imagine the editing nightmare of that show. Maybe Paris, and the misguided marketing efforts of Warner Brothers Inc., are unaware that Paris is only entertaining when “scantily clad”:http://images.google.com/images?q=paris+hilton&safe=off and has a voice like an underaged helium salesman.

    _Oh Paris, if I thought you were doing this for any noble reason I might not insult you so – but I have an inkling that you have no idea what Podcasting is or what “inkling”:http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inkling means._

    !(photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/phbarbie.jpg(nada)!:http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/toys/sfwparis.php

    (This is, however, a very good reason for video podcast technology to pick up it’s pace.)

  • At A Whole Lotta Nothing there is a great little article and link Using peer pressure to your benefit whereby the author plans to harness the peer-pressure of blogging to loose weight. Albeit a seemingly innocuous use of the blogging community, it marks a real breakthrough in harnessing the _power of the blog._ The coolest part about the whole thing is that using WordPress’ custom fields a custom graph is created automatically thanks to a very neat little chart add on called PHP/SWF Charts.

    This sort of idea could definitely be harnessed for events like the Aids Walk or Race for the Cure. It could of course also be used for my fat ass.

    (via Photo Matt)

  • !(photo left)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/cbseatapr05.jpg(Catbirdseat)!:http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/ The new Catbird Seat April Playlist is up and makes a beautiful day even more spectacular. This playlist is another spectacular sampling of obscure indie artists who deserve play.

    The Seat playlist looks like:

    # Compass – “Okay”:http://www.absolutelykosher.com/marty.html
    # Iron Woman – “Devin Davis”:http://www.devindaviswebsite.com/home.html
    # The World May Never Know – “Dr. Dog”:http://www.parkthevan.com/
    # Concerning Lessons Learned… – “The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers”:http://www.prayersandtears.com/
    # Funeral – “Band of Horses”:http://www.bandofhorses.com/
    # Television Set – “Joel Plaskett”:http://www.joelplaskett.com/
    # Oh, Oh, Oh – “Blood Meridian”:http://www.bloodmeridianmusic.com/
    # Now We Know – “Jeff Hanson”:http://www.jeffhanson.net/
    # Bitter Cup – “Testface”:http://www.testface.com/
    # Against Pollution – “The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers”:http://www.prayersandtears.com/
    # Monsters – “Band of Horses”:http://www.bandofhorses.com/

    Man! I only know -two- three out of the ten artists. I better go hit the books. What was your score?